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[–] [email protected] 108 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if it were paid by the companies currently battling them over copyright. Bunch of greedy bastards.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What I wanna know is how companies get away with stuff like this.

Getting to the bottom of a cyber attack isn't... Impossible? It just takes resources.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You just pay random people on the internet to do it, it's fairly easy if you know where/what to ask for.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just about anything is traceable. The trick is making it not worth the effort.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ask eBay how that towing that line worked out for them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

See sending ip packets is quite a lot easier that sending pig fetuses

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, but far more traceable!

I mean, if eBay couldt cover entrails...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That wouldn't make any sense.